Annual Session 2024

18-20 June 2024; in-person only in CR-2, United Nations HQ. | The Session will live-stream on UN-Web TV 

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Decisions

• Decisions adopted by the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women during its Annual Session 2024
• The matrix monitoring the implementation of the Executive Board decisions

Information Notes

• Information Note from the Secretariat on participation at the Annual Session

Organizational matters

• Annotated provisional agenda and workplan of the annual session of 2024 [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
• Report on the first regular session of 2024
• Provisional agenda and workplan for the second regular session of 2024 [EN | FR | ES]

Opening of the Session

• Statement by the President of the Executive Board
• Statement by the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women

Annual Report of the Executive Director

• Report of the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women on the implementation of the Strategic Plan, 2022–2025, including the midterm review of the Strategic Plan
  • Annex I: Financial Results: Revenue and expenditures
  • Annex II: Transparency Portal
  • Annex III: Annual update on 2023 Cost Recovery: Waivers and differentiated cost recovery rates
  • Annex IV: Report on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 75/233 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations System
  • Annex V: Summary of 2023 results of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
  • Annex VI: Concise summary of the oversight functions responsible for audit, investigation, ethics, evaluation and protection against retaliation
• Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) reports issued to UN-Women, 2023
  • Management response (PPT)

Review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women

• Review of governance and oversight of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women

Evaluation

• Report on the evaluation function of UN-Women in 2023
  • Management Response PPT
• Report on the corporate thematic evaluation of UN-Women’s support to women's political participation [EN | FR | ES]
  • Management Perspective

Audit and investigation matters

• Report of the internal audit and investigation activities for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2023
  • Management Response 
  • Annex: Report of the Executive Director of UN Women on disciplinary measures and other actions taken in response to misconduct by UN Women staff members, affiliate personnel or third parties and cases of possible criminal behaviour 1 January-31 December 2023
• Report of the Advisory Committee on Oversight for the period of 1 January to 31 December 2023 [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
  • Management Response
  • Management Response PPT

Ethics

• Report on the Activities of the UN-Women Ethics Function for 1 July-31 December 2023 [AR | ZH | EN | FR | RU | ES]
  • Management Response

Policy and programme matters

• Briefing on the operational response of UN-Women at the regional level
  • Background Note
• Update on the implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations development system
  • Background Note
• Update on the work of UN-Women in enhancing gender parity and creating enabling environments in the UN System
• Update on UN-Women policies and procedures to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment
  • Background Note 
  • UN-Women 2024 action plan on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse

Field Visit

• Report on the field visit of the UN-Women Executive Board to New Zealand and Vanuatu 2023 [EN | FR | ES]

Closing of the session

• Statement by the Under-Secretary-General/Executive Director of UN-Women
• Statement by the President of the Executive Board